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...concerned that the proposal to build up to eight Houses in Allston—leaving the College with five more Houses than at present—is a signal of the eventual expansion of the undergraduate student body. Increasing the size of the College would erase the improvements in academics and student life that undergraduates will soon reap thanks to the ongoing review of the College curriculum. The curricular review’s report has recommended decreasing class sizes, recruiting more faculty and offering students more one-on-one faculty advising. The eight-House Allston plan could add nearly...
...immediate daily reality for U.S. troops in Iraq may not change too much after June 30. But the sovereignty agreement reached at the UN sends a powerful signal both to Iraqis and to Americans that the U.S. is inexorably loosening its grip on Iraq. That will be helpful to the Iraqi leaders slated to face their electorate in January, and also to an American president who faces his own in November...
There are many other factors that affect this delicate balance. For example, laboratory evidence suggests that a diet that boosts your triglycerides--typically, one high in fatty, fried or highly refined foods--may interfere with both leptin's and insulin's actions on the brain, leading to an erroneous signal that the body is in danger of starving. The same receptors in the brain that are responsible for a marijuana high also boost appetite, which is why pot smokers get the munchies...
About 5% of our corn is refined to high-fructose corn syrup, which is cheaper, sweeter and, because it is a liquid, easier to transport and mix into foods than sugar. Beverage and food manufacturers see that low price as a signal to use the high-fructose cocktail in virtually everything, substituting it for more nutritious ingredients--not just for sugar--in peanut butter, fruit juices and spaghetti sauce...
...eating side, researchers at Glaxo are studying cholecystokinin, which is released by the intestines after a meal to signal the brain that the body has had enough. Giving obese patients a synthetic form of cholecystokinin before meals tricks the body into feeling full, so patients eat less. About 25% of the participants in an early trial lost almost 7 lbs. in the first eight weeks...